[WikiEN-l] Let's not attack each other

Mon Dec 8 15:48:37 UTC 2003

Robert asked Toby to stop his "personal attacks" on him. 

Toby, as list administrator I would like you to consider whether remarks
like the following really ADD to the discourse, or merely SIDETRACK us
from the actual topic at hand:

"It's a darned good thing that other people noticed MNH before you did,
RK, or it might have been EoT all over again -- where the regular
Wikipedians ignore your charges because you back them up with
exaggerations and biased rhetoric."

Please remember that some people are more sensitive than others. My skin
is thick enough that you could talk to me like that, but Robert has
taken offense.

You could say the same thing, albeit more gently, if you write:

* I think the complaints about MNH are exaggerated. He's not that bad,
because of blah, blah, blah.

Or

* I worry that opposition to MNH is rooted is bias against the /points/
he is making.

Note that both of these approaches criticize IDEAS themselves rather
than any PERSON on this list.

May this provide you food for thought.

Ed Poor
Wikien-l List Administrator